OPENING SHOT

STEVE SHERMAN TRIBUTE ISSUE!

OPENING SHOT ................2

JACK FAQs

Mark Evanier’s August 6, 2020 conversation with Steve Sherman ...4

TRIBUTES

Neal Kirby .....................3 Lisa Kirby ....................15 Mark Badger ..................27 Greg Williams .................30 Bruce Simon ..................32 Diana Mercer .................35 Glen David Gold ...............39

FOUNDATIONS

More unseen Link Thorne ........40

INNERVIEW

Steven Brower interviews Steve ...48

KIRBY OBSCURA

Before Groot was cute ..........50

MOB MENTALITY

Steve speaks out about Kirby’s In The Days Of The Mob .........52

KIRBY KINETICS

Up on the roofs ................63

INCIDENTAL ICONOGRAPHY

Crazy Quilt patchwork design .....66 GALLERY: STEVE’S JOBS ........68 COLLECTOR COMMENTS ........78

Front cover inks: D. BRUCE BERRY Front cover colors: TOM ZIUKO

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ISSUE #84, SUMMER 2022 C o l l e c t o r

[above] Jack drew this sketch inside Steve Sherman’s copy of Origins of Marvel Comics.

The Jack Kirby Collector, Vol. 29, No. 84, Summer 2022. Published quarterly (you betcha!) by and © TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614, USA. 919-449-0344. John Morrow, Editor/Publisher. Single issues: $15 postpaid US ($19 elsewhere). Four-issue subscriptions: $49 Economy US, $72 International, $19 Digital. Editorial package © TwoMorrows Publishing, a division of TwoMorrows Inc. All characters are trademarks of their respective companies. All Kirby artwork is © Jack Kirby Estate unless otherwise noted. All editorial matter is © the respective authors. Views expressed here are those of the respective authors, and not necessarily those of TwoMorrows Publishing or the Jack Kirby Estate. First printing. PRINTED IN CHINA. ISSN 1932-6912